Super Hang-On

Arcade Video game published 37 years ago by SEGA Enterprises, Ltd.

Listed in MAME

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Super Hang-On © 1987 Sega.

Super Hang-On is a checkpoint-based racing game and is the sequel to the acclaimed "Hang-On", released two years earlier. As with the prequel, players take control of a superbike and must race over twisting road-based circuits, avoiding rival bikers and trying to reach the end-of-stage checkpoint before the time limit expires.

For the sequel, Sega introduced the hilly, undulating roads that had been executed so superbly in 1986's "Out Run". The gameplay was further enhanced with the introduction of the 'turbo' button. Upon reaching the bike's maximum speed of 280kph, players could press and hold the turbo and push the bike up to 324kph - something that was necessary to beat the game's extremely tight time limits. This had to be used carefully, however, as the increase in speed made the bike harder to control and accelerating at the wrong time would invariably see a head-on collision with either rival bikers or the road-side objects that litter the stages.

Players could chose to race on any one of four courses: Africa, Asia, America and Europe. Africa is the easiest and shortest of the four, with each subsequent course becoming both more demanding - with tighter bends and more aggressive rival racers - and having a greater number of stages to have to beat. Africa, for example, is made up of only six stages, while the hardest course, Europe, has eighteen stages.

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TECHNICAL/MACHINE PICT.

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[1] Mini Ride-On Type

[2] Sit-Down Type

[3] Upright Type: It has an actual motorcycle handlebar, throttle and break lever. It also has a simulated tachometer and speedometer.

Game ID : 317-0034

Main CPU : (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 4 Mhz), Sega (@ 4 Mhz)

TRIVIA

Super Hang-On was released in April 1987.

A bootleg was released in Arcades around 1992.

In Sonic Riders, a 2006 home video game, there is an unlockable Gear called the 'Super Hang-On', which plays the song 'Outride a Crisis', the first of the four songs featured in Super Hang-On.

Soundtrack releases:
[JP] Oct. 10, 1987 - After Burner [Sega Game Music Vol.3] [28XA-109]
[JP] Dec. 20, 2000 - After Burner [Sega Game Music Vol.3] [SCDC-00056]

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SERIES

1. Hang-On (1985, Arcade)
2. Hang-On II [Model C-60] (1985, Sega SG-1000)
3. Hang-On Jr. (1985, Arcade)
4. Super Hang-On (1987, Arcade)
5. Limited Edition Hang-On (1991, Arcade)
6. Hang On GP '95 [Model GS-9032] (1995, Sega Saturn)

STAFF

Music composed by : Katsuhiro Hayashi, Koichi Namiki

PORTS

CONSOLES:
japan Sega Mega Drive (oct.6, 1989) "Super Hang-On [Model G-4011]"
usa Sega Genesis (oct.6, 1989)
europe Sega Mega Drive (1990)
usa Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (may.22, 2012)
japan Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (may.23, 2012) "Sega Classics Collection"
usa europe australia Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] (may.23, 2012) "Sega Vintage Collection - Alex Kidd & Co."
japan Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (may.23, 2012) : Sega Ages Online
europe Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (may.23, 2012)
korea Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (may.30, 2012)
japan Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console Arcade] (2010)
europe usa Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console Arcade] (2012)
japan Microsoft Xbox One (2015) "Yakuza 0" : Playable at the in-game arcades.
japan Sony PlayStation 4 (2015) "Yakuza 0" : Playable at the in-game arcades.
japan Microsoft Xbox One (2016) "Yakuza 6" : Playable at the in-game arcades.
japan Sony PlayStation 4 (2016) "Yakuza 6" : Playable at the in-game arcades.

HANDHELDS:
usa Nintendo GBA (may.21, 2003) "Sega Arcade Gallery [Model AGB-AYPE-USA]"
europe Nintendo GBA (aug.1, 2003) "Sega Arcade Gallery [Model AGB-AYPP]"
japan Nintendo 3DS [eShop] (mar.27, 2013) "3D Super Hang-On [Model CTR-JHAJ-JPN]"
usa Nintendo 3DS [eShop] (nov.28, 2013) "3D Super Hang-On [Model CTR-JHAE-USA]"
europe Nintendo 3DS [eShop] (nov.28, 2013) "3D Super Hang-On [Model CTR-JHAP-EUR]"
australia Nintendo 3DS [eShop] (nov.28, 2013) "3D Super Hang-On [Model CTR-JHAP-AUS]"

COMPUTERS:
Amstrad CPC (1987) [Model UQD 624]
Amstrad CPC (1987) [Model UQK 624]
[SP] Amstrad CPC (1988) [Model 22329]
usa Commodore C64 (1988)
europe Atari ST (1988)
europe Commodore Amiga (1988)
europe Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1988)
usa PC [MS-DOS] (1988)
japan Sharp X68000 (dec.25, 1989) "Super Hang-On [Model CZ-238AS]"

SOURCES

Game's manual.
Game's pictures.
Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.
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